Augustus “Gus” Hawkins, former Representative for California's 29th Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Hawkins sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 1990. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Hawkins is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Hawkins sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Education (33%) Labor and Employment (23%) Families (10%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Social Welfare (9%) Science, Technology, Communications (7%) Native Americans (5%) Health (5%)

Recent Bills

Some of Hawkins’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1963 to Oct 1990, Hawkins missed 2,320 of 11,813 roll call votes, which is 19.6%. This is much worse than the median of 4.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1990. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	1	3.6%	65^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	1	2.0%	41^st
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	4	14.3%	72^nd
1965 Apr-Jun	53	14	26.4%	90^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	14	14.3%	87^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	7	31.8%	92^nd
1966 Jan-Mar	30	7	23.3%	88^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	12	23.5%	78^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	32	44.4%	95^th
1966 Oct-Oct	40	26	65.0%	83^rd
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	56^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	37^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	4	6.8%	83^rd
1967 Oct-Dec	98	5	5.1%	77^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	56^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	11	13.9%	96^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	17	18.7%	94^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	6	24.0%	83^rd
1969 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	73^rd
1969 Apr-Jun	28	6	21.4%	82^nd
1969 Jul-Sep	45	13	28.9%	92^nd
1969 Oct-Dec	88	15	17.0%	73^rd
1970 Jan-Mar	35	17	48.6%	95^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	32	43.2%	89^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	27	35.5%	87^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	17	21.0%	65^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	3	13.6%	62^nd
1971 Apr-Jun	90	23	25.6%	88^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	16	21.6%	86^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	51	38.1%	91^st
1972 Jan-Mar	64	31	48.4%	94^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	46	40.4%	91^st
1972 Jul-Sep	101	24	23.8%	83^rd
1972 Oct-Oct	50	23	46.0%	89^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	6	16.7%	71^st
1973 Apr-Jun	191	48	25.1%	92^nd
1973 Jul-Sep	131	24	18.3%	89^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	26	14.3%	80^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	12	15.2%	76^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	70	41.2%	99^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	53	35.8%	98^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	49	34.8%	96^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	23	33.8%	98^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	34	17.1%	91^st
1975 Jul-Sep	154	13	8.4%	62^nd
1975 Oct-Dec	191	21	11.0%	80^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	19	17.9%	86^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	58	21.7%	84^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	82	29.2%	92^nd
1976 Oct-Oct	7	3	42.9%	85^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	28	28.0%	96^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	86	31.5%	98^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	15	7.6%	62^nd
1977 Oct-Dec	135	18	13.3%	80^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	14	9.3%	63^rd
1978 Apr-Jun	300	50	16.7%	79^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	58	18.8%	86^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	10	13.2%	80^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	23	36.5%	96^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	45	20.4%	93^rd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	7	3.5%	32^nd
1979 Oct-Dec	190	29	15.3%	76^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	30	20.3%	86^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	44	22.3%	94^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	40	20.8%	91^st
1980 Oct-Dec	67	5	7.5%	46^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	17	18.9%	88^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	8	7.5%	68^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	10	7.0%	55^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	8	16.7%	76^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	22	18.5%	91^st
1982 Jul-Sep	193	21	10.9%	77^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	19	19.2%	83^rd
1983 Jan-Mar	43	5	11.6%	68^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	36	19.8%	94^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	19	14.6%	94^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	33	23.1%	96^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	9	17.0%	83^rd
1984 Apr-Jun	223	67	30.0%	98^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	17	17.7%	90^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	3	8.3%	58^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	77^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	35	22.7%	99^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	17	16.8%	96^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	19	12.8%	93^rd
1986 Jan-Mar	61	2	3.3%	28^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	20	15.6%	96^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	22	10.9%	87^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	4	6.7%	65^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	3	7.7%	70^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	11	5.9%	60^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	19	20.0%	95^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	26	15.6%	91^st
1988 Feb-Mar	49	1	2.0%	27^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	36	22.4%	97^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	22	14.5%	88^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	10	11.2%	81^st
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	55^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	10	9.5%	85^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	10	7.8%	87^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	28	23.1%	97^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	7	11.7%	86^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	53	35.3%	99^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	54	29.5%	97^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	58	40.6%	98^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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